I've been helping HRVG with French translation, it's quite interesting, and we appreciate to work at two on it. The more points of view on a translation, the better results you have.
I hope many of you will come and contribute to making this game/mod accessible to more people through dedicated translations, they deserve it.

Hi micand1989,
I'm sorry...
I write bad English.
I do not know the Polish...
But on some text or file...
It's limited by the length of words or phrases.
For XML files and EDT...
No problem...
You can check your translation directly (if you translate your game files).
For files "_EnglishText.cpp" and "_Ja25EnglishText.cpp"...
You can not.
Regards.

Alright. I've noticed that some of the translations are somewhat "Funky". I mean Polish is somewhat more sophisticated than English, therefore if you try to translate something very directly it can have somewhat weird meaning. Are we allowed to correct those entries too? (for example, "deputy" trait is translated into "sheriffs deputy" in polish version. Makes no sense at all)

I've been playing your version of this game for quite a while now. Figured I'd chip in and offer what I can. German is my mother tongue and my English is relatively fluent.

I have no skill or experience when it comes to code or stuff like that but if there's a bit of text that needs to be translated from English to German and then edited around so it fits a certain character limit I'm ready to help out.

When I first got the game in 1999 I played the german version but for the last two years it was the English one. I hope I can still remember the terminology et cetera.

Hi,
Sorry for my English.
We translate French version...
And...
There are many length limit...
For words and sentences...
I can help translators for the length of words and sentences ...
Or others...
Or for advice.
Regards.

@DMFalke
There is a russian translation of Data1635, Build 5965 at russian site ja2.su made by inshy.
You can use this version as a base and for legacy compatibility (namings etc).
You can also contact inshy there to coordinate your efforts.

p.s. @RoWa21:
BTW, while english version doesn't need translation to english ( ROFL ), maybe it's texts (taunts, loadscreen hints and such) need some reviewing and partially rewriting by players with good (native) english knowledge? (i mean looking for errors and general JA-style fitness)

Please download all the files by SVN, preferably in one go. Taking note of the revision number.(Refrain from downloading individual files one by one through internet browser as it will provide unnecessary headaches organizing the files to their actual directory structure)

Sound out if anyone who does not wish to install TortoiseSVN, I will provide a single zip package for all languages. (Check back this post if there's request! Package will be uploaded only after Snitch update is committed.)

While translating, files may continually be updated in SVN. Fret not, just continue translating the files that you have.

When you are done with your files and ready for submission, first download the latest files into another folder to check for any new updates/changes. Need to include those changes to your translated files before uploading them.

A good workflow process will be something like this:Quote:

1. Download the directories and files that you will be translating into a folder, note the revision number. E.g. English-6812

2. Make a copy of the folder and do all translations within the folder. E.g. EnglishTranslating

3. Once ready for submission, download the latest files into a new folder. E.g. English-6895

6. As for Binary files, need to use the relevant tools to visually compare them.

7. Once done, zip and upload only the translated files as per their original directory structures. Zip file should include the revision number that the translation is based on as a reference for Integration Managers. E.g. English_Translated_based_on_6895.zip(As there could be additional new SVN updates before committing the translation files)

If you are lazy &/or do not want to pick up a useful skill at the same time, skip step 2 to 6.(Doing so, Integration Managers will have less time on those things that only they can do. Besides that, there's 7 languages...)

Thanks to buggler's post I know how to get the xmls. Could you send me a list of the source code texts and examples of already existing source code translations so the new ones will match them, RoWa?

And do you have any wishes how the work shall be splitted between the members of a translation team?

Quote:

Sound out if anyone who does not wish to install TortoiseSVN, I will provide a single zip package for all languages.
(Check back this post if there's request! Package will be uploaded only after Snitch update is committed.)

Since I'm still looking for equivalent software for linux I would like to take the offer.